SYRI'HID.-E. 



reddish and less distinct, instead of broad and yellow, the first 

 abdominal segment bright yellow with a black median spot, and a 

 yellow ring on the middle of the hind femora. The dark costal 

 border of the wings is not so black as in Saunders's figure, but pale 

 brownish yellow and darkened towards the end, as stated in 

 Saunders's description. 



A single female specimen from Mid-Luangwa R., N.E. Ehodesia, 

 2o. viii. 1910 (8. A. Neave}, measuring 16 mm. in length, with- 

 out antennaj. The type was obtained in Katanga. 



143. Cerioides neavei, sp. n. 



3 . Length of the body excluding the antennae 16 to 17 mm. 



Closely allied to C. hopei and to the preceding species, but distin- 

 guished by the face and the pleural stripes being red instead of 

 bright yellow, by the facial stripe being broadly bordered with 

 black, and by the broadly yellow hind femora. I think, however, 



Fig. 28. Cerioides neavei, sp. n., $ . X 3. 



that it is quite possible that the present and preceding species are 

 only colour- varieties of O. hopei, Saunders; C. ammopliilina, Speiser 

 (1910), seems also to be a very closely allied species. 



Head wholly red, passing to yellowish on the sides of the face ; 

 on the middle efface there is a yellow stripe, running from the base 

 of the antennal petiole to the margin of the buccal cavity, but not 

 reaching the latter ; this stripe becomes broader towards the middle, 

 and is bordered by black lines, which are brownish beneath ; face 

 below with no trace of black bands, which are likewise absent on 

 the jowls ; frontal triangle with an indistinct median longitudinal 



